Luca Larini
Ph. D., University of Pisa, Pisa Italy
Bio:
Dr. Luca Larini joined the Voth group in September 2007.
Latest Publications:
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L. Larini, A. Ottochian, C. De Michele, and D. Leporini, "Universal scaling between structural relaxation and vibrational dynamics in glass-forming liquids and polymers," Nature Physics, 4, 42 (2008).
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L. Larini, R. Mannella, and D. Leporini, "Langevin stabilization of moleculardynamics simulations of polymers by means of quasisymplectic algorithms," J. Chem. Phys., 126, 104101 (2007). Also selected for publication on the Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, 15 March 2007 issue ( http://www.vjbio.org ).
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L. Larini, and D. Leporini, "The free-energy landscape of single-molecule polymer crystals," Philosophical Magazine, 87, 411 (2007).
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L. Larini, A. Barbieri, and D. Leporini, "Equilibrated polyethylene singlemolecule crystals: molecular-dynamics simulations and analytic model of the global minimum of the free-energy landscape," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 364, 183 (2006).
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L. Larini, and D. Leporini, "Free energy effects in single-molecule polymer crystals", Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 352, 5021 (2006).
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L. Larini, A. Barbieri, D. Prevosto, P.A. Rolla, and D. Leporini, "Transient and equilibrated single-molecule crystals of polyethylene: Molecular
dynamics studies of the lamellar fold length," J. Phys. Cond. Matt., 17, L199 (2005).
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L. Larini, and D. Leporini, A manifestation of the Ostwald step rule: Molecular-dynamics simulations and free-energy landscape of the primary nucleation and melting of single-molecule polyethylene in dilute solution," J. Chem. Phys., 123, 144907 (2005).
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P.A. Rolla, D. Prevosto, M. Lucchesi, S. Capaccioli, and L. Larini, "Structural dynamics in polymers interpreted in terms of the Adam-Gibbs theory,"
Current Trends in Polymer Science, 9, 69 (2004).